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Love has, many memories.
Here is one of imagination,
which I wish I could revisit.

A precious moment as I recall the passing of my beloved.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

To some, it looks like a penguin. But to people who study the universe, it is an interesting example of two big galaxies interacting. Just a few hundred million years ago, the upper NGC 2936 was likely a normal spiral galaxy: spinning, creating stars, and minding its own business. Then it got too close to the massive elliptical galaxy NGC 2937, below, and took a dive. Together known as Arp 142, they are featured in this new Webb infrared image, while a visible light Hubble image appears in comparison. NGC 2936 is not only being deflected, but distorted, by this close gravitational interaction. When massive galaxies pass near each other, gas is typically condensed from which new stars form. A young group of stars appears as the nose of the penguin toward the right of the upper galaxy, while in the center of the spiral, bright stars together appear as an eye. Before a billion years, the two galaxies will likely merge into one larger galaxy. Explore Your Universe: Random APOD Generator

Sweet was the path,
which lead to my soul.
You brought me the courage
and made me whole.

What part of life will exist
for all of We
if it no longer includes thee?

Back in the hospital again,
where the bedpans my best friend.
Where the Nurses are cute
and much too young for you.

Sorry you all. Limited resource
and lacking talent. What's old
guy to do.
Home tomorrow to bore you again.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

What's happening above Uluru? A United Nations World Heritage Site, Uluru is an extraordinary 350-meter high mountain in central Australia that rises sharply from nearly flat surroundings. Composed of sandstone, Uluru has slowly formed over the past 300 million years as softer rock eroded away. The Uluru region has been a home to humans for over 22,000 years. Recorded last month, the starry sky above Uluru includes the central band of our Milky Way galaxy, complete with complex dark filaments of dust, bright red emission nebulas, and billions of stars.

Photo by Max Inwood

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Octavio Paz (1914 – 1998) was a Mexican poet, essayist and diplomat. Paz was a prolific author and poet publishing many works during his lifetime. He grew up under poor circumstances, but access to his grandfather’s library at an early age, sparked his interest in literature. He published his first poems in 1931 when still a teenager. Two years later, at the age of nineteen, he published Luna Silvestre (Wild Moon), a collection of poems. In 1997 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. The above quote, was originally written in Spanish as: "Aprender a dudar es aprender a pensar".  More